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How Uttar Pradesh Rewrote the Rules of Food Security and Agrarian Infrastructure

29 July 2026

Shivendra Srivastava

For decades, political analysts and economists viewed Uttar Pradesh through a singular, challenging lens- its sheer size. Housing over 240 million people,...

Video Story

From AgriStack to Statecraft: How Ashok Barnwal Became Madhya Pradesh's Go-To Reformer

29 July 2026

Pallavi Priya

From pioneering AgriStack and precision farming to leading reforms in healthcare, environment and food...

Features

India's AI Revolution Must Speak Every Indian Language

29 July 2026

Indian Masterminds Bureau

Written by Ritika Swami and Nitish Narang, this article argues that India's AI revolution must go beyond...

Features

Partnerships, Not Power Politics: How India Is Quietly Shaping the New Global Order

29 July 2026

Col MV Shashidhar

No treaty was signed with a gun to anyone’s head. That, oddly enough, is the story. Most...

Beyond Headlines

International Tiger Day : How Technology Is Rewriting Wildlife Conservation

29 July 2026

Pallavi Priya

From AI-powered camera traps and GPS-enabled patrols to bioacoustic sensors that detect tiger movement,...

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Who Is IAS Ashok Barnwal? 1991-Batch Officer Appointed New Madhya Pradesh Chief Secretary After Anurag Jain

23 July 2026

Who Is IAS Anurag Jain? MP Chief Secretary Appointed CEO of NITI Aayog

22 July 2026

Who Is GS Rao? Senior IPS Officer Given Additional Charge as Tripura DGP After Anurag Dhankar's Death

21 July 2026

Videos

IPS Sumit Ramteke on the Cases That Changed His Career and Shook Organized Crime | Video Interview

28 July 2026

Bhakti Kothari

How NAFED is Strengthening Farmers, Markets and Food Security

25 July 2026

Indian Masterminds Bureau

Why Bishwanath Sinha Was Chosen to Lead Kerala's Bureaucracy

23 July 2026

Bhakti Kothari

PSU News

SAIL Q1 FY27 Profit Surges on Financial Discipline, Strong Mining Performance and Operational Efficiency

29 July 2026

WCL Signs MoU with Atmadeepam Society to Launch Project Pragati for Digital Literacy and Livelihood Empowerment

29 July 2026

GAIL, RCF Join Hands to Set Up 1.27 MMTPA Gas-Based Urea Plant in Maharashtra’s Vidarbha

29 July 2026

MOIL Q1 FY27 Results: Net Profit Soars 70% to ₹876 Crore as Mining Business Drives Strong Growth

29 July 2026

WCL Signs MoU with IMT Nagpur to Strengthen Leadership Development and Build Future-Ready Workforce

29 July 2026

Leadership Continuity: HAL Extends CMD Kota Ravi’s Additional Charge as Director (Operations) for 3 Months

29 July 2026

Cochin Shipyard Launches Seventh Anti-Submarine Warfare Vessel ‘Machilipatnam’ for Indian Navy

29 July 2026

Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd

GRSE Q1 FY27 Results: Revenue Jumps 38.5% to ₹1,814.62 Crore, PAT Rises 43.8% to ₹172.84 Crore

29 July 2026

Defence News

India Gets Its First Military Medicine Department to Prepare for Future Warfare

29 July 2026

DRDO Cyber Breach: What The Defence Ministry's Investigation Actually Found

29 July 2026

India and Greece Build Stronger Defence Alliance Through Air Force Collaboration

29 July 2026

Indian Air Force Rafales Perform High-Intensity Combat Missions at Exercise Pitch Black 2026

29 July 2026

Judiciary News

Supreme Court Rejects Ashok Chakra Plea: CJI Surya Kant Says 'We'll Decide What Goes on SC Gate'

29 July 2026

Supreme Court Gives Major Relief to Environmental Law, Quashes Centre's 2021 OM

29 July 2026

Major Win For Women Employees: Kerala High Court Pushes For Paid Menstrual Leave for KSRTC Conductors

29 July 2026

NPC Promotion Case: Supreme Court Affirms Public Servants Must Be Heard Before Lokpal Probe

29 July 2026

CSR News

WCL Signs MoU with Atmadeepam Society to Launch Project Pragati for Digital Literacy and Livelihood Empowerment

29 July 2026

BCCL Signs MoU with Pradan Foundation to Provide Free Medical Aid to Kanwariyas During Shravani Mela 2026

28 July 2026

NCL Signs ₹11.71 Crore CSR MoU to Build 8-Km Road in Singrauli, Boost Rural Connectivity

23 July 2026

MCL to Build 5 Km BT Roads in Odisha’s Angul with ₹5.35 Crore CSR Support for Better Connectivity

22 July 2026

Opinion

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India's AI Revolution Must Speak Every Indian Language

Indian Masterminds Bureau

Features

Partnerships, Not Power Politics: How India Is Quietly Shaping the New Global Order

Col MV Shashidhar

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Beyond Bureaucracy

How AI, Blockchain and Quantum-Ready Tech Are Transforming India's PDS

28 July 2026

Sharad Gupta

For seven decades, India’s Public Distribution System (PDS) was synonymous with leakage, ghost...

Politics Without Politicians? How Retired IRS Officer Sanjay Gahlot Wants to Reimagine Democracy

24 July 2026

Pallavi Priya

Drawing from decades in the Army and the Indian Revenue Service, retired IRS officer Sanjay Gahlot explains...

Rising Devotee Footfall Calls for Smarter Temple Management

4 July 2026

Yash Chaturvedi

From the chaos of stampedes to AI-powered surveillance and predictive planning, India's temples are gradually...

UPSC Stories

The UPSC Strategy That Changed Everything for AIR 602 Deepak Baghel

26 July 2026

Bhakti Kothari

UPSC CSE 2025 AIR 602 Deepak Baghel shares how self-study, simplifying preparation, learning from setbacks,...

How an IIT-BHU Graduate and Former NVIDIA Engineer Abhay Raghav Turned a 3-Mark Setback into Success

26 July 2026

Muskan Khandelwal

Read how Abhay Raghav, an IIT-BHU graduate and former NVIDIA engineer, secured AIR 19 in UPSC IFS 2025...

CSE 2025 AIR 562 Nitesh Chose India Over an American Dream and Reached Civil Services After Six Attempts

21 July 2026

Bhakti Kothari

UPSC CSE 2025 AIR 562 Nitesh's inspiring journey from a small village in Madhya Pradesh to IIT Bombay,...

Social Media

Odisha IPS Officer Calls for Accountability, Says Indians’ Conduct Abroad Could Affect Visa Policies

1 June 2026

‘Visa Rules Getting Tougher’: IPS Officer Arun Bothra Warns Against Indians’ ‘Uncouth’ Behaviour Abr...

IIT Roorkee Alumnus and IFS Officer Himanshu Tyagi Explains Why Tigers Sleep 16–20 Hours a Day

9 May 2026

“Tigers Understand Calorie Math Better Than Humans,” Says 2020-Batch IFoS Officer Himanshu Tyagi

“We Will Pay a Heavy Price”: IFS Officer Warns as Bengaluru Faces Unusual Heat

28 April 2026

Bengaluru Heatwave Sparks Concern as IFS Officer Flags Deforestation and Urbanisation Impact

Book Reviews

‘My Last Autobiography’: A Moving Meditation on Ageing, Memory and the Will to Live

25 July 2026

Dr. Sanjeev Chopra

Forty-three years after its original publication, Rajendra Banahatti's Akherche Atmacharitra finds renewed...

IAS Divya Mittal's New Book 'The Crafted Genius' Offers a Complete Blueprint to Crack UPSC Civil Services Exam

How IAS Divya Mittal's New Book 'The Crafted Genius' Offers a Complete Blueprint to Crack the UPSC Civil Services Exam

19 July 2026

Ayodhya Prasad Singh

From building the right foundation in school to mastering the interview, IAS officer Divya Mittal's first...

How Giants Revives Sumi Naga Mythology Through an Extraordinary Coming-of-Age Tale

18 July 2026

Yauvanika Chopra

Blending Sumi Naga mythology, coming-of-age storytelling and profound reflections on truth, courage and...